Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.
The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.
Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?
Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.